Sumter County Council approves third reading and advances another rezoning request

Sumter County Council on Feb. 8 granted third-reading approval to a rezoning for a 5.8-acre tract at 601 Pitts Road and advanced a separate rezoning at 4065 Country Lane to first reading.

Planning Director Helen Roodman told the council that the Pitts Road property’s rezoning request (RZ-21-24) from Residential-15 to Agricultural Conservation had not changed since first reading and that staff recommended approval; on a motion by Councilman Eugene Baten and a second by Vice Chairman James R. Byrd Jr., council granted third reading unanimously.

Roodman also described the applicant’s request for RZ-21-26, a rezoning of about 5.81 acres at 4065 Country Lane from General Residential to Agricultural Conservation. She said applicant James Aaron Dyson indicated SCDHEC had raised concerns about the site’s ability to support multiple private septic systems for residential subdivision, and that the applicant instead proposed developing a portion of the property for a mini-warehouse. Planning staff and the planning commission recommended approval; Vice Chairman Byrd moved and Councilman Artie Baker seconded a motion to grant first reading, which passed unanimously.

The council did not discuss site plan transportation impacts in detail; Roodman said transportation impacts would be reviewed at time of site-plan submission. No public speakers spoke against either rezoning during the meeting. The council did not attach conditions on either approval at this meeting.

Actions recorded in the meeting minutes show both motions passed unanimously by the council.